Duration of clips

Ian26

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Sep 26, 2014 08:08

Hi there,

I'm curious to know what the last 2 digits of the duration time of a clip are. The sequence 00:00:00:00 in my mind is: the first group is Hrs, the second group is Mins, the third group is Secs, but I'm not sure what the fourth group is.

Thanks in advance. IanB
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JL_JL

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Sep 26, 2014 08:20

For your most likely PAL settings it would be frames, HH:MM:SS:FF and how many frames prior to adding a second would depend on your setting in preference for PAL 25 or 50 frames per second.

Jeff

Ian26

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Sep 26, 2014 08:25

Thanks Jeff,

I thought that's what it was. My previous editor had frames as a 3 digit number. IanB
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JL_JL

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Sep 26, 2014 08:38

I've got one of those too, usually if timecode is represented by 3 digits in the last field it's 1000th of a second. So the counter at 999 will then add a full second.

Jeff

Ian26

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Sep 26, 2014 08:48

The strange thing is the highest number in the 4th set is 24. I thought it would go to at least 99. I have 350+ clips downloaded from the SD card. IanB
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JL_JL

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Sep 26, 2014 09:26

Yes, 24 would be correct. That means you have your timeline set to 25 frames per second. So, when the frames counter reaches 24, the next frame is a new second. 25 frames = 1 second of video.

Jeff

Ian26

Senior Member Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Joined: May 17, 2014 08:08 Messages: 188 Offline

Sep 26, 2014 09:45

Ok Got you! Thanks again IanB
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